The former guerrilla leader extends his 17 years of rule by securing a huge majority of the vote. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has secured a third term in office with around 98% of votes, partial results have showed. With 80% of votes accounted for, the 59-year-old former guerrilla leader has extended his 17 years in power of the east African nation. National Electoral Commission spokesman Charles Munyaneza told a news conference Mr Kagame secured 98.66% of the vote. Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party - the only permitted critical opposition party - won 0.45% of votes and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana scored 0.72. Full provisional results will come through later on Saturday. The commission estimates 97% of 6.9 million voters turned out to cast their ballots. Mr Kagame has won international plaudits for presiding over a peaceful and rapid economic recovery since the 1994 genocide. But critics also accuse him of human rights abuses, a muzz...
Saudi Arabia denies facilitating what the UN calls an “entirely man-made catastrophe” in Yemen, which has killed over 1,000. Saudi Arabia has angrily rejected a UN report condemning its involvement in Yemen’s devastating civil war. In an exclusive interview with Sky News, the country's foreign minister Adel al Jubeir has accused the UN Human Rights Office of bias in compiling the report. For two and a half years Saudi Arabia has led a coalition fighting Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. Image: A Yemeni child receives treatment for suspected cholera at a hospital in Sanaa Its airstrikes have caused devastation in the country. The UN report blames the coalition for much of the civilian death toll, in particular the thousand plus children who have died. Adel al Jubeir is unrepentant saying their report's authors have refused to seek the Saudi side of the story. He said: "We invited the United Nations to come and discuss it with us. We invited ...
The US establishment has "fully outwitted Trump", says Russia as Congress ignores the President to pass a sanctions bill. Russia has reacted angrily after a US bill imposing fresh sanctions was agreed overwhelmingly by the country's lawmakers. The bill, which also brings sanctions against Iran and North Korea, was described as "seriously flawed" by US President Donald Trump. But Congress voted for it by such an overwhelming majority that he was unable to veto it. President Trump's anger was mirrored in Moscow, where Russia's prime minister, Dmitry Medvedev, wrote on Facebook that the bill would bring "consequences". He said: "First, it ends hopes for improving our relations with the new US administration. "Second, it is a declaration of a full-fledged economic war on Russia. "Third, the Trump administration has shown its total weakness by handing over executive power to Congress in the most humiliating way....
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